There are 10 ways to get from Kos to Palermo by plane, ferry, bus, busferry, train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Kos to Palermo Airport
best- Fly from Kos (KGS) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane KGS - PMO
8h 32m€135–290Fly Kos to Trapani Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Kos (KGS) to Trapani Airport (TPS)plane KGS - TPS
- Take the bus from Trapani Birgi Airport to Palermo Via Belgio/Via dei Nebrodibus
13h 20m€78–293Ferry, bus, bus and ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Piraeusferry Bsf
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Fierbus
- Take the busferry from Fier to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain Re
44h 41mCar ferry, ferry, bus, bus and ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Port of Kos to Fournicarferry
- Take the ferry from Fourni to Thessalonikiferry Bsf
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Vlorëbus
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Taranto Portbusferry
- Take the train from Taranto to Lamezia Terme C.train Ic
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
2d 5hCar ferry to Rhodes International Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the car ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Rhodescarferry
- Fly from Rhodes International Airport (RHO) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane RHO - PMO
10h 23m€109–322Fly Kos to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Fly from Kos (KGS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane KGS - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
9h 57m€113–267Ferry to Milas–Bodrum Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Bodrumferry
- Fly from Milas–Bodrum Airport (BJV) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BJV - PMO
11h 11m€191–512Ferry, bus, bus and ferry, train via Vlorë
- Take the ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Piraeusferry Bsf
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Vlorëbus
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain Re
45h 5mCar ferry, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the car ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Athens to Lushnjëbus
- Take the busferry from Lushnjë to Cosenza - Autostazionebusferry
- Take the bus from Rende - Quattr. Via Marconi to Palermo Terminal Busbus
2d 2hCar ferry, ferry, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the car ferry from Port of Kos to Fournicarferry
- Take the ferry from Fourni to Thessalonikiferry Bsf
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Vlorëbus
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Portobusferry
- Take the bus from Brindisi to Palermobus
2d 5h
Kos (KGS) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kos to Palermo is to fly and bus which costs €110 - €270 and takes 9h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Kos to Palermo is to fly which takes 8h 32m and costs €130 - €290.
The distance between Kos and Palermo is 1301 km.
The best way to get from Kos to Palermo without a car is to ferry and bus and bus and ferry and train which takes 44h 41m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 32m to get from Kos to Palermo, including transfers.
Palermo is 1h behind Kos. It is currently 1:57 AM in Kos and 12:57 AM in Palermo.
There are 2551+ hotels available in Palermo.
What companies run services between Kos, Greece and Palermo, Italy?
Aegean Airlines, Volotea, and two other airlines fly from Kos (KGS) to Palermo Airport (PMO) 6 times a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Kos to Palermo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Palermo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Wednesday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Palermo Airport via Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Kos to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Kos to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Palermo Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–180
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Kos to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Kos to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Kos to Trapani Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Kos to Trapani Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Kos to Trapani Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Milas–Bodrum Airport to Palermo Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Kos to Palermo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Wednesday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Palermo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milas–Bodrum Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €170–460
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Taranto to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Fier to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Vlorë to Taranto Port
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Vlorë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Lushnjë to Cosenza - Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 7m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Vlorë to Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +30 2310241545
- crazy.holidays.tours@gmail.com
- Website
- crazyholidays.gr
Bus from Thessaloníki to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.crazyholidays.gr/root.en.aspx
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brindisi to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Trapani Birgi Airport to Palermo Via Belgio/Via dei Nebrodi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Rende - Quattr. Via Marconi to Palermo Terminal Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Piraeus to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +210 52 25 550
- arttouroe@gmail.com
- Website
- arttour.gr
Bus from Athens to Lushnjë
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- arttour.gr
Ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Fourni to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Phone
- +30 22410 70590
- info@12ne.gr
- Website
- 12ne.gr
Car ferry from Port of Kos to Fourni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://www.12ne.gr/en
Car ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.12ne.gr/en
- Phone
- +30 21 0620 6427
- info@saos.gr
- Website
- saos.gr
Car ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://saos.gr/en/
- Phone
- +30 694 415 6070
- info@makritravel.com
- Website
- makritravel.com
Ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Bodrum
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.makritravel.com/
- Phone
- +90 2327121808
- cesme@turyol.com
- Website
- turyolonline.com
Ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Bodrum
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://www.turyolonline.com/en
- Phone
- +90 252 316 22 22
- info@turkishsealines.com.tr
- Website
- turkishsealines.com.tr
Ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Bodrum
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21
- Website
- https://www.turkishsealines.com.tr/
- Single Ticket
- €27
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €150–380
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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